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Niani Badenya, the Mandeng heritage: domba concert of dance

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Title

Niani Badenya, the Mandeng heritage: domba concert of dance

Collection

African Dance Video Archive

Names

Camara, Bamoussa. (Musician)
Bangoura, M'Bemba. (Musician)
Kamara, Kewulay. (Host)
Sano, Kemoko (Choreographer)
Niang, Mamadou (Director)
Merveilles d'Afrique (Dance company) (Performer)
Ethnic Folk Arts Center (U.S.) (Associated name)
Museo del Barrio (Host)
Museum of the City of New York (Associated name)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection (Associated name)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1997-06-01

Table Of Contents

Concert de TamTam -- Mariama -- Kora solo -- Bala solo -- Semgbe de Bagata.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2429
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5544 (former)

Subjects

Mandingo (African people) -- Dances
Mandingo (African people) -- Music
Drummers (Musicians) -- Guinea

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: presented by the Ethnic Folk Arts Center in collaboration with Niani Badenya Organizing Committee.
Statement Of Responsibility: Recording made possible by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library, with the cooperation of the Ethnic Folk Arts Center, Niani Badenya Organizing Committee, Mamadou Niang, El Museo del Barrio, and the Museum of the City of New York.
Creation/Production Credits: Niani Badenya Organizing Committee: Dame Babou, Mamoudou Conde, Sherrif Ceesay, Mamadou Diabate, Malik Faye.
Performers: Master of ceremonies: Kewulay Kamara.
Performers: Performed by Les Merveilles d'Afrique, Guinea: company leader, Bamoussa Camara ; choreographer, Mohamed Kémoko Sano ; musicians, M'Bemba Bangoura (djembe), Bamoussa Camara (djembe), Momojoe Camara (djembe), Keba Cissoko (kora, doun doun), Alisco Diabate (kenkene), Abou Sylla (bala) ; dancers, Moustapha Bangoura, Fatou Camara, Mamassata Camara, Salematou Jansane, Alousseny Soumah.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Heckscher Theater of El Museo del Barrio, New York, on June 1, 1997 ; video director, Mamadou Niang.
Funding: Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (42 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

Program of music and dance from Guinea.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13380704
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7b38b390-e87f-0131-a17d-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Niani Badenya, the Mandeng heritage: domba concert of dance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1997. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b38b390-e87f-0131-a17d-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1997). Niani Badenya, the Mandeng heritage: domba concert of dance Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b38b390-e87f-0131-a17d-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Niani Badenya, the Mandeng heritage: domba concert of dance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b38b390-e87f-0131-a17d-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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